1878 District Railway Map
District Railway Map c.1878
Lithograph on paper. Two-colour lithograph (with blue overprint for Inner Circle Completion line). Folded paper pocket map, information on verso.
For a couple of years, it seems similar maps were being produced concurrently - titled either “District Railway” or “Metropolitan District Railway”. Whist the map design itself is identical, this example has information on either side of the map and is in pocket map format (not a guide book variant). This two-colour map paper format would be used by the DR right up until 1927.
This map dates to 1878: The District Railway now extends to Richmond (Opened in June 1877) and the extension to Putney Bridge as shown as ‘in construction’. Also, the blue inner circle line has been corrected and now meets Bishopsgate.
District Railway Map c.1878
Lithograph on paper. Two-colour lithograph (with blue overprint for Inner Circle Completion line). Folded paper pocket map, information on verso.
For a couple of years, it seems similar maps were being produced concurrently - titled either “District Railway” or “Metropolitan District Railway”. Whist the map design itself is identical, this example has information on either side of the map and is in pocket map format (not a guide book variant). This two-colour map paper format would be used by the DR right up until 1927.
This map dates to 1878: The District Railway now extends to Richmond (Opened in June 1877) and the extension to Putney Bridge as shown as ‘in construction’. Also, the blue inner circle line has been corrected and now meets Bishopsgate.
District Railway Map c.1878
Lithograph on paper. Two-colour lithograph (with blue overprint for Inner Circle Completion line). Folded paper pocket map, information on verso.
For a couple of years, it seems similar maps were being produced concurrently - titled either “District Railway” or “Metropolitan District Railway”. Whist the map design itself is identical, this example has information on either side of the map and is in pocket map format (not a guide book variant). This two-colour map paper format would be used by the DR right up until 1927.
This map dates to 1878: The District Railway now extends to Richmond (Opened in June 1877) and the extension to Putney Bridge as shown as ‘in construction’. Also, the blue inner circle line has been corrected and now meets Bishopsgate.